Sunday, October 21, 2012

All Sex Offenders

A sex offender (sexual offender, sex abuser or sexual abuser) is a person who has committed a sex crime.
What constitutes a sex crime differs by culture and legal jurisdiction.
Most jurisdictions compile their laws into sections, such as traffic,
assault and sexual. The majority of convicted sex offenders have
convictions for crimes of a sexual nature; however, some sex offenders
have simply violated a law contained in a sexual category. Some of the
crimes which usually result in a mandatory sex-offender classification
are: a second prostitution conviction, sending or receiving obscene content in the form of SMS text messages (sexting),
relationship between young adults and teenagers resulting in corruption
of a minor (if the age between them is greater than 1,060 days; if any
sexual contact was made by the adult to the minor, child molestation has occurred). If sexual conduct occurred, unlawful sexual conduct involving a minor has occurred. Other serious offences are sexual assault, statutory rape, bestiality, child sexual abuse, incest, rape, and sexual imposition.A 2012 study by the United States Department of Justice indicated that recidivism
rates among sex offenders was 5.3 percent; that is, about 1 in 19 of
released sex offenders were later arrested for another sex crime. The
same study mentioned that 68 percent of released non-sex offenders were
rearrested for any crime (both sex and non-sex offenses), while 43
percent of the released sex offenders were rearrested for any crime (and
24 percent re-convicted).A sex offender registry
is a system in place in a number of jurisdictions designed to allow
authorities to keep track of the residence and activity of sex offenders
(including those released from prison). In some jurisdictions
(especially in the United States), information in the registry is made
available to the public via a website or other means. In many
jurisdictions, registered sex offenders are subject to additional
restrictions (including housing). Those on parole (or probation) may be
subject to restrictions not applicable to other parolees or
probationers.
These include restrictions on being in the presence of minors, living
in proximity to a school or daycare center, or owning toys (or other
items of interest to minors).Committing to a residence requires a convicted sex offender to be
notified of registration regulations by local law enforcement if
convicted after January 1, 2005. The offender must act upon the
notification within five business days of receipt. If and when an
offender is released from incarceration, they must confirm their
registration status within five business days. Registration data
includes the offender’s sex, height, weight, date of birth, identifying
characteristics (if any), statutes violated, fingerprints and a current
photograph. An offender’s email addresses, chat room IDs and
instant-messaging aliases must be surrendered to authorities. In
Colorado, an offender must re-register when moving to a new address,
changing their legal name, employment, volunteer activity, identifying
information used online or enrollment status at a post-secondary
educational institution. A web-based registration list may be found on
county websites, which identifies adult convicted sex offenders who are
sexually-violent predators convicted of felony sexual acts, crimes of
violence or failure to register as required. Legally, “any person who is
a sexually violent predator and any person who is convicted as an
adult...has a duty to register for the remainder of his or her natural
life”. Exceptions to this include deferred sentencing for the offense or petition of the court for termination of registration.